TORONTO, June 5, 2024
/CNW/ - Mithaq Capital SPC ("Mithaq"), the largest
shareholder of Aimia Inc. (TSX: AIM) ("Aimia" or the
"Company"), today announced that it has filed a dissident
proxy circular (the "Mithaq Circular") in connection with
the upcoming annual meeting of Aimia shareholders to be held on
June 26, 2024 (the "Meeting").
Aimia shareholders are urged to read the Mithaq Circular in its
entirety. A copy of the Mithaq Circular has been mailed to Aimia
shareholders and can also be found under Aimia's profile on SEDAR+
at www.sedarplus.com.
Mithaq has ownership of, or control or direction over, a total
of 26,893,588 common shares of Aimia, representing
approximately 26.98% of the issued and outstanding common shares.
Mithaq is taking action because of its ongoing concerns with the
strategic direction and corporate governance practice of Aimia's
leadership, which continues to engage in entrenching,
self-interested behaviour and the pursuit of a strategy that has
caused significant destruction of shareholder value. Mithaq
announced on May 30, 2024 that it has
nominated six highly-qualified nominees (the "Mithaq
Nominees") for election to the board of directors of Aimia (the
"Board") at the Meeting in accordance with Aimia's advance
notice by-law (by-law no. 2013-1).
Mithaq encourages Aimia shareholders to vote using the
GOLD form of proxy or GOLD voting
instruction form accompanying the Mithaq Circular prior to
5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on Friday, June 21, 2024 as follows:
FOR the election of all six of the
Mithaq Nominees:
√ Turki Saleh A. AlRajhi
√ Muhammad Asif Seemab
√ Tariq Hamoodi
√ Max Volsky
√ Sharon Stern
√ Naveed Kamran
FOR the election of the following
management nominee:
√ Ioannis (Yannis)
Skoufalos
WITHOLD in respect of the election
of the following six management nominees:
× Robert
Feingold
× Thomas Finke
× Linda S. Habgood
× Thomas (Tom)
Little
× James Scarlett
× Jordan G. Teramo
FOR the reappointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company and to
authorize the Board to fix its remuneration.
AGAINST acceptance of Aimia's
approach to executive compensation (Say on Pay).
Based on Aimia's management proxy circular, Mithaq understands
Ioannis (Yannis) Skoufalos has been
nominated by the group of investors who received common shares
pursuant to Aimia's October 2023
private placement as their nominee for election to the Board at the
Meeting. Mithaq has recommended that Aimia shareholders vote for
the election of Mr. Skoufalos to respect the rights of the private
placement investors under their investor rights agreement and to
support a smooth transition.
Shareholders who have questions or are willing to express their
support for the Mithaq Nominees but require assistance in doing so
may contact Mithaq's proxy solicitor, Carson Proxy, for more
information by North American toll-free phone at 1-800-530-5189,
local phone or text at 416-751-2066 or by email at
info@carsonproxy.com.
ENSURING A FAIR AND PROPER VOTE AT THE MEETING
Mithaq is taking action to protect all shareholders by
attempting to ensure the sorts of serious irregularities that took
place at the 2023 annual general meeting (the "2023
Meeting") cannot reoccur. As previously disclosed, Mithaq has
obtained evidence that Aimia's then leadership inappropriately
influenced the voting of proxies submitted in connection with the
2023 Meeting. Had this conduct not occurred, Mithaq believes that
none of the Aimia management nominees would have been elected at
the 2023 Meeting.
The problematic behaviour uncovered by Mithaq is unacceptable
and will not be tolerated at the Meeting. Mithaq expects that the
Meeting be conducted in accordance with applicable corporate and
securities laws and that Aimia will respect the right of
shareholders to vote on all matters brought before the Meeting,
including those shareholders who vote by proxy.
In particular, Mithaq has formally requested Aimia's cooperation
and confirmation in advance of the Meeting that, among other
things: (a) an independent chair, not affiliated with Aimia, will
oversee the Meeting; (b) an independent organization, not
affiliated with Aimia, will scrutineer the Meeting; and (c) Mithaq
be permitted to conduct a comprehensive proxy review immediately
following the Meeting should it request such a review. Without
Aimia's cooperation, Mithaq intends to seek assistance from the
courts to ensure the conduct of the Meeting complies with
applicable corporate and securities laws.
LETTER TO AIMIA SHAREHOLDERS
Mithaq also released a letter to Aimia shareholders today,
outlining the need for meaningful action and change at the Board
and management levels at Aimia. The full text of the letter
follows.
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To the Shareholders of Aimia
Inc.:
Mithaq Capital SPC ("Mithaq", "we" or "our") is committed to
ensuring the protection of shareholders' wealth and the creation of
value at Aimia Inc. (TSX: AIM) ("Aimia" or the "Company") through
an accountable board and management team with significant equity
ownership and shareholder representation. Aimia's past and present
board of directors (the "Board") and management have left us with
no other option than to safeguard our financial interests by taking
a more active role in Aimia. In doing so, we believe we will not
only protect shareholders from continued value erosion but also
create value going forward.
Despite the Board's recent attempts to entrench itself through
dilutive share issuances, we are still the largest shareholder of
Aimia holding 26,893,588 common shares of Aimia ("Shares"),
representing approximately 26.98% of the outstanding Shares as of
May 27, 2024, the record date for
Aimia's upcoming annual general meeting to be held on June 26, 2024 (the "Meeting").
We began acquiring our position in early 2020 and we continue to
have faith that we can protect, unlock and create long-term value
at the Company. In deciding how to vote at the upcoming Meeting, we
believe that Aimia's shareholders need to know the facts about the
disappointing state of affairs at Aimia.
We hope this letter will help you to understand why we have lost
trust in the current Board and management and why we have
decided to nominate our own slate of directors (the "Mithaq
Nominees") for election to the Board at the Meeting. Further
information about the Mithaq Nominees can be found in the
accompanying information circular.
A Disappointing State of Affairs
We were initially attracted to Aimia as an investment because of
the wide gap between the market price of the Shares and what we
considered to be the intrinsic value in the Company. Our view was
that Aimia's cash, underlying portfolio company values, tax losses
to be carried forward and deducted against future profits and the
potential of Aimia's investment policy were, together, worth more
than what the Company was being given credit for in the market. We
expected this valuation disconnect would narrow over time.
During 2021, we increased our position and began engaging with
Aimia's then management team, highlighting our concerns regarding
management compensation, particularly the lack of tangible and/or
calculable performance-based key performance indicators, which
would bring more transparency to executive compensation and reward
management for performance rather than for just showing up. We were
told by Aimia's former Chief Executive Officer that he fully agreed
with our perspective and was working diligently to address these
issues. As would become characteristic of Aimia's Board and
management, however, these assurances would never materialize into
any concrete actions.
In 2022, Aimia sold one of its portfolio companies, PLM Premier,
S.A.P.I. de C.V. ("PLM"), and received $541
million in cash. At the time, Aimia was trading
significantly below the cash on its balance sheet, which
represented approximately $6.80 per
Share compared to the market price at the time of approximately
$3.50 per Share. We took the
opportunity with both hands and had increased our stake in Aimia to
19.9% by April 2023.
After receiving the PLM proceeds, during the Q2 2022 earnings
call, Aimia's then Chief Executive Officer said that "Aimia intends
to deploy most of the proceeds towards the acquisition of majority
or significant minority stakes in cash-generative businesses
operating in either the U.S. or Canada that will ideally utilize our sizable
tax losses." In the Company's earnings release for Q4 2021, it also
stated that "Aimia also intends to allocate up to $75 million of the net proceeds [from PLM]
towards a combination of opportunistic share buybacks and/or a
special dividend to common shareholders."
While we were supportive of these initiatives, none of them ever
materialized; Aimia neither declared a special dividend nor fully
utilized share buybacks. Aimia instead announced the acquisition of
Tufropes (now Cortland International), a rope manufacturer in
India. The acquisition was for a
hefty price with an untested partner and in a jurisdiction where
Aimia's tax losses could not be utilized, which made us question
management's competence, whether adequate due diligence had been
conducted and, ultimately, the Board's oversight of management and
its commitment to act in the best interests of Aimia and its
shareholders.
As responsible stewards of our capital, we performed due
diligence on Tufropes based on publicly available information,
including historical financial statements and corporate filings,
and export shipment data available through service providers. Upon
completing our due diligence, we had serious concerns about the
transaction, including that the valuation multiple that Aimia paid
for this commoditized business, with its deteriorating growth
profile, did not make economic sense. Being Aimia's largest
shareholder, we communicated our concerns to Aimia's management and
the Board, suggesting that Aimia either explore options to
terminate the transaction or submit it to shareholders for
approval. Instead of discussing our views or providing information
to address our concerns, the then Chairman of the Board threatened
us with litigation.
Unfortunately, time proved that our concerns about Tufropes were
well-founded. Acquiring a 100% equity stake in a company operating
thousands of miles away without a management team that has skin in
the game was a gross investment blunder. When acquiring companies,
our hero, Mr. Warren Buffett, has a
rule: "Management in place (we can't supply it)." Aimia exacerbated
this blunder with another blunder by sharing a preferred return
with an untested partner that came into existence in January 2022, Paladin Private Equity, LLC
("Paladin"). Instead of acquiring businesses in the U.S. and
Canada, where most of Aimia's tax
losses could be utilized, Aimia followed the Tufropes acquisition
with its acquisition of Bozzetto Group in Italy with the same untested partner to whom
Aimia shareholders would pay management fees and carried interest,
also in a country where Aimia's tax losses could not be utilized.
Over time, we have learned that many other shareholders share our
displeasure with Aimia's focus on far afield private equity
transactions.
With Aimia's investment strategy seemingly going off the rails,
we increased our ownership position in Aimia to 30.96% with the aim
of taking a more active role in Aimia's strategic direction and to
stop the Board and management from further destroying value. Since
then, the Board has completely lost sight of its fiduciary duty to
act in the best interests of Aimia and its shareholders and has
instead engaged in a scorched-earth campaign of entrenchment at the
expense of shareholders, both in terms of the value destruction
caused by distraction and the astronomical fees paid to Aimia's
external legal, financial and other advisors.
In the last nine months alone, Aimia's entrenched Board has
issued 10,475,000 Shares to Board-friendly investors and 5,040,000
Shares to Paladin, a related-party of Aimia, despite promises from
the Board and management to return capital to shareholders through
share buybacks. Aimia's management engaged in improper conduct at
the 2023 annual general meeting ("AGM") and we believe that, had
that conduct not occurred, none of the Aimia management nominees
would have been elected at that meeting. In 2023 alone, the Board
spent $50 million on fees and other
costs (including $8.7 million in fees
to external advisors).
"You can't make a good deal with a bad person." –
Warren E. Buffett
The Board's increasingly worrying tactics are nothing more than
an attempt to intimidate, divide and silence its shareholders. The
Board as currently constituted is both unwilling and incapable of
acting in the best interests of Aimia and its shareholders for many
reasons, including:
- a lack of ownership and the resulting lack of alignment with
shareholder interests;
- a track record of weak capital allocation decisions and
acquisitions;
- a compensation structure that rewards management for failure;
and
- a misaligned and value-destructive investment strategy.
Mistake after Mistake after Mistake
Aimia's management, with the approval of the Board, has made a
long series of mistakes during our time as shareholders and it's
become clear over time that the Board members are concerned more
with retaining control and enriching themselves than generating
value for shareholders. The following mistakes stand out to us as
particularly egregious, though this list is by no means
exhaustive:
- Aimia acquired Mittleman Investment Management ("MIM") in
April 2020. According to Aimia's
public filings, Aimia paid $16.4
million in cash and shares for MIM. The result? In 2023, MIM
was shut down and the investment, representing 6% of Aimia's
current market capitalization, was written off. Before it was
written off, however, Aimia was able to use the Shares held by MIM
to vote in favor of the incumbent Board at the 2023 AGM, ensuring
that control was maintained at the expense of shareholders.
- Between July and December 2021,
the Board agreed to invest $75.6
million into TradeX. In December
2023, TradeX entered receivership, rendering Aimia's
investment in TradeX worthless. The $75.6
million investment represents approximately 27% of Aimia's
market capitalization today.
- In 2023, the Board initiated legal proceedings against
significant shareholders, including Mithaq. The current Board
maintains its legal action against us in its bid to retain control
at all costs, including at the direct expense of shareholders.
Aimia spent over $8 million in 2023
pursuing shareholders who had the best interests of the Company at
heart.
- Aimia acquired Tufropes, an Indian ropes manufacturer and
exporter in March 2023. As noted
above, we warned at the time that Aimia was paying full price or
even overpaying for this asset and believed better value could be
found in North American companies, both public and private. Aimia
then acquired Cortland International, another ropes business.
Results have proved our concerns were valid. At the investor day in
September 2023, management indicated
expected EBITDA from Tufropes of between $16 and 17 million. When Aimia finally released
its 2023 annual results, the combined Tufropes and Cortland
International businesses' actual EBITDA was $11 million. This means that the Board agreed to
acquire a rope manufacturer in India for over 20x 2023 EBITDA, double the
10.7x they estimated at the time of the acquisition.
- Aimia acquired both Tufropes and Bozzetto Group through seeding
Paladin. One of the partners of Paladin until his recent departure
was the son of one of the investors in the 2023 private placement
described further below. Under normal circumstances, Aimia would
have augmented its return by taking a stake in Paladin and yet
Aimia received nothing. It seems from publicly available
information about Paladin that Aimia's transactions are its only
deals. Why did Aimia need Paladin and how much did it cost
shareholders?
- Aimia spent $40 million on fees
in 2023 (14% of its current market capitalization) and a further
$8.7 million on costs to entrench
itself in opposition to its largest shareholders, including Mithaq.
Combined, that's nearly $50 million
of costs, representing over 17% of Aimia's market capitalization,
in one year.
- Aimia raised $32.4 million
through an unnecessary, dilutive private placement. At the time, we
had made an offer to shareholders to acquire all of their Shares
for $3.66 per Share and yet the Board
decided to raise capital in a private placement open to only an
exclusive few investors at a price of $3.10 per Share, a price that represented a
significant discount to the trading price at the time, particularly
when the value of warrants issued as part of the private placement
described below are taken into account. Who benefited from this
discounted price? Among others, the current Executive Chairman
subscribed for part of the issuance, which represented
approximately 10% of the currently outstanding Shares.
- On top of the private placement Shares issued at $3.10, Aimia further diluted the interests of
current shareholders by issuing five-year warrants at an exercise
price of $3.70, at no cost to
subscribers. Again, the current Executive Chairman and parties
close to him stand to benefit from these warrants. While the value
of the warrants is difficult to calculate, our financial expert
concluded that the implied consideration received by Aimia per
Share in the private placement, after taking into account the
issuance of the warrants, was between $1.76 and $2.12
depending on the valuation date, representing a discount to the
offer price of between 42% and 52%. These warrants give the holders
the right to buy Shares representing approximately 10% of the
currently outstanding Shares.
- Aimia issued over 5 million Shares to Paladin at a price of
$2.50 per Share, representing a
discount of approximately 57% to reported net asset value ("NAV")
at the time and being only 6% above the three-year trading low.
These Shares were issued shortly before the record date for the
Meeting and, only two weeks later, Aimia announced a normal course
issuer bid to repurchase up to seven million Shares. While the
Board has sought to justify these two actions independently, the
net result will be an increase in outstanding Shares held by
Board-friendly parties for the exact period required to vote them
at the Meeting at the expense of shareholders who will once again
lose value through both dilution and fees.
- The recent circular filed by Aimia's management includes a
promise to launch a share buyback. Of course, we support that
strategy. However, this is not the first time that the Aimia has
promised a buyback. On September 27,
2023, one of the two priorities put forward by Aimia was to
implement share buybacks. Have they delivered on that priority? At
the time, Aimia had approximately 84 million shares outstanding and
the promised share buybacks should have reduced that number. Today,
almost nine months later, Aimia has 99 million Shares outstanding.
Instead of delivering on its promises, the Board members have, as
usual, sought to entrench themselves in seats they do not deserve
to hold by issuing 15 million additional shares to friendly
parties.
In addition to the ongoing value destruction, the Board has a
history of concerning disclosures and governance practices,
including most recently:
- Refusing to provide adequate disclosure to shareholders of the
process undertaken by the Board and any special committee in
negotiating the termination of Aimia's agreements with Paladin, a
related party of Aimia.
- Unnecessarily delaying the calling of the Meeting such that the
record date fell after the issuance of 5,040,000 Shares to Paladin,
presumably with the objective of increasing the Board's likelihood
of re-election.
- For the second year in a row, engaging in the highly unusual
and undemocratic practice of abridging the usual period between
providing notice of and holding an AGM, and failing to provide the
amount of notice required under corporate law.
- Failing to timely disclose the departure of Karen Basian, the lead independent director and
chair of the audit committee, from the Board other than by removing
her profile from Aimia's website.
Our view, which we believe is reflected in the current share
price, is that shareholders have had enough.
A Reliable Fiduciary of Shareholders' Wealth
It is time for a new Board with business acumen and ethical
standards to clean up the mess that's been created and realize the
full value of Aimia for its shareholders through efficient capital
allocation and management. We have nominated the six Mithaq
Nominees for election to the Board at the Meeting because we
believe they are up to that task. We propose the following ten
steps for the newly reconstituted Board to get Aimia back on
track:
- Get to work for all shareholders to achieve the best possible
outcomes immediately after the Meeting.
- Choose to maximize returns for shareholders and harvest all
excess capital from any low-return businesses to deploy it in
high-quality, high-return businesses. Aimia will be
opportunistic and, depending on the market environment, will
diversify its investments in public equities and private
equity.
- Reclaim and reverse prior transactions where possible. This
will involve pursuing those who have disadvantaged other
shareholders for their own enrichment. Aimia will conduct a
comprehensive review of amounts paid to advisors (thus far
undisclosed) who benefited from the millions of dollars paid in
fees in 2023.
- Run Aimia with minimal overhead. Aimia's current overhead
is approximately $15 million annually
and the Company has 18 employees. If Berkshire Hathaway can manage
US$1 trillion with less than 30
employees, then Aimia can manage its $500
million portfolio with fewer employees.
- Rationalize assets allowing shareholders to calculate a
reliable NAV. We would also maintain a permanent opportunistic
Share buyback program to keep the Share price closer to NAV.
- Immediately seek to unlock value by exploring partial and full
asset sales where public and private markets provide the
opportunity. Nothing will be sacred as the reconstituted Board will
act without nostalgia for prior investment decisions that have
destroyed value.
- Seek to optimize investment decisions to utilize Aimia's
net operating losses ("NOLs") and hunt for operating businesses
with first-class management teams that will retain significant
equity ownership. The utilization of NOLs will never be the sole
driver for an investment decision, but it will be one consideration
among many.
- As available capital allows, the reconstituted Board will
consider opportunistically buying back Aimia's preferred debt,
which currently yields over 9%.
- Cease wasteful spending on external advisors, reduce the
Company's audit fee expense (which has grown from $700,000 in 2022 to $2.7
million in 2023) and work rigorously to keep non-core fees
and expenses to reasonable levels.
- Most importantly, the newly reconstituted Board will
govern Aimia with unshakable reliability and
integrity. These two simple yet powerful traits should
reward long-suffering Aimia shareholders, including us, who have
had to swallow the consequences of the Board's mistakes and
self-interested behavior.
Your Support is Required
Shareholders have a decision to make about the fate of Aimia.
Your vote is critical to initiate much-needed change at Aimia and
we encourage you to vote FOR the Mithaq Nominees on the GOLD form
of proxy or GOLD voting instruction form by 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on Friday, June 21, 2024 or, in the event the
Meeting is adjourned/postponed, no later than three business days
immediately preceding the day of such adjourned/postponed
Meeting.
Shareholders who have questions or who are willing to express
their support for the Mithaq Nominees but require assistance in
doing so may contact our proxy solicitor, Carson Proxy, for more
information at North American toll-free phone at 1-800-530-5189,
local phone or text at 416-751-2066 or by email at
info@carsonproxy.com.
Cordially,
Turki S. AlRajhi
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The following disclosure is provided pursuant to the Canada
Business Corporations Act and section 9.2(4) of National
Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations in
accordance with corporate and securities laws applicable to public
broadcast solicitations.
This news release and any solicitation made by Mithaq in advance
of the Meeting is, or will be, as applicable, made by Mithaq, and
not by or on behalf of the management of Aimia. All costs incurred
for any solicitation will be borne by Mithaq, provided that,
subject to applicable law, Mithaq may seek reimbursement from Aimia
of Mithaq's out-of-pocket expenses, including proxy solicitation
expenses and legal fees, incurred in connection therewith.
Proxies may be solicited by Mithaq pursuant to the Mithaq
Circular sent to Aimia shareholders and by or on behalf of Mithaq
by mail, telephone, fax, email or other electronic means as well as
by newspaper or other media advertising and in person by directors,
officers and employees of Mithaq who will not be specifically
remunerated therefor. Mithaq may also solicit proxies in reliance
on applicable exemptions to the solicitation requirements under
corporate and securities laws, which may include by way of public
broadcast, including through press releases, speeches or
publications, and in any other manner permitted under applicable
laws. Mithaq may engage the services of one or more agents and
authorize other persons to assist in soliciting proxies on behalf
of Mithaq.
Mithaq has retained Carson Proxy to assist Mithaq in soliciting
Aimia shareholders. Carson Proxy's responsibilities will
principally include providing certain advisory and related
services, including proxy solicitation. The anticipated cost of any
solicitation is estimated to be up to $175,000 plus disbursements and success fee (if
applicable).
Proxies may be revoked by instrument in writing by the
shareholder giving the proxy or by its duly authorized officer or
attorney, or in any other manner permitted under corporate and
securities laws. Except as disclosed in this press release, none of
Mithaq or, to its knowledge, any of its associates or affiliates,
has any material interest, direct or indirect, (i) in any
transaction since the beginning of Aimia's most recently completed
financial year or in any proposed transaction that has materially
affected or would materially affect Aimia or any of its
subsidiaries; or (ii) by way of beneficial ownership of securities
or otherwise, in any matter proposed to be acted on at the Meeting
other than the election of directors or the appointment of
auditors. On October 3, 2023, Mithaq
announced that it intended to commence of a formal offer by Mithaq
Canada Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mithaq, to acquire all of
the issued and outstanding common shares of Aimia not already owned
by Mithaq or its affiliates for cash consideration of $3.66 per common share (the "Offer"). The
Offer formally commenced on October 5,
2023 and subsequently expired and terminated at 11:59 p.m. (Vancouver time) on February 15, 2024 without any shares being taken
up and acquired by Mithaq.
Aimia's head office address is 1 University Avenue, Floor 3,
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2P1. A copy
of this news release may be obtained under Aimia's profile on
SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com.
ADVISORS
Mithaq has retained Carson Proxy as its proxy solicitor. Torys
LLP is acting as legal counsel.
ABOUT MITHAQ
Mithaq is a segregated portfolio company and affiliate of Mithaq
Holding Company, a decentralized family office
headquartered in Saudi Arabia with investments in public
equities, private equity, real estate and income-producing assets
in local and international markets.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
INFORMATION
This document contains "forward-looking statements" (as
defined under applicable securities laws). These statements relate
to future events or future performance and reflect Mithaq's
expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates, intentions, and similar
statements concerning anticipated future events, results,
circumstances, performance or expectations that are not historical
facts. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements in respect of the objectives of Mithaq as they relate to
Aimia and the impact of the Mithaq Nominees, if elected, on the
financial condition, results of operations and business strategies
of Aimia, including specifically in connection with Mithaq's plans
for Aimia, each as described in this document, and other matters.
Such forward-looking statements reflect Mithaq's current beliefs
and are based on information currently available. In some cases,
forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as
"may", "will", "should", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe",
"estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue", "target", "intend",
"could" or the negative of these terms or other comparable
terminology.
By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve
inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and a
number of factors could cause actual events or results to differ
materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking
statements. In evaluating these statements, readers should
specifically consider various factors that may cause actual results
to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. These
factors include, but are not limited to, Aimia's results of
operations and future cash flows; the future performance, business
prospects and opportunities of Aimia; the election of the Mithaq
Nominees; the ability of the Mithaq Nominees, if elected, to effect
positive change at Aimia; the implementation and impact of Mithaq's
plans for Aimia described in this document; the response to and
outcome of any court applications that may be made against Mithaq
or Aimia; the implementation and timing of Aimia's business
strategy; the current general and regulatory environment and
economic conditions remaining unchanged; the availability of
financing and capital costs; Aimia's available cash resources;
Aimia's ability to identify, attract and retain skilled staff;
currency exchange rates; required capital investments; market
competition; ongoing relations with employees and other
stakeholders; and general business and economic conditions.
Although the forward-looking information contained in this
document is based upon what Mithaq believes are reasonable
assumptions, there can be no assurance that actual results will be
consistent with these forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements contained in this document are made as
of the date of this document and should not be relied upon as
representing views as of any date subsequent to the date of this
document. Except as may be required by applicable law, Mithaq does
not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation to update
or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of
new information, further developments or otherwise.
Neither Mithaq nor or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates,
associates, officers, partners, employees, representatives and
advisers make any representation or warranty, express or implied,
as to the fairness, truth, fullness, accuracy or completeness of
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direct, indirect, consequential loss or damage) is expressly
disclaimed. Nothing contained herein is, or shall be relied upon
as, a promise or representation, whether as to the past or the
future and no reliance, in whole or in part, should be placed on
the fairness, accuracy, completeness or correctness of the
information contained herein.
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